Amelia Wenk Gotwals

How and when does complex reasoning occur? Empirically driven development of a learning progression focused on complex reasoning about biodiversity

Nancy Butler Songer, Ben Kelcey, Amelia Wenk Gotwals · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · 2009 · 221 citations · Full text

Education, Science Education, Assessment For Learning +16

Reasoning up and down a food chain: Using an assessment framework to investigate students' middle knowledge

Amelia Wenk Gotwals, Nancy Butler Songer · Science Education · 2009 · 145 citations · Full text

Education, Educational Assessment, Science Education +17

Supporting Kindergartners’ Science Talk in the Context of an Integrated Science and Disciplinary Literacy Curriculum

Tanya S. Wright, Amelia Wenk Gotwals · The Elementary School Journal · 2017 · 111 citations

Education, Curriculum, Science Education +16

Guiding explanation construction by children at the entry points of learning progressions

Nancy Butler Songer, Amelia Wenk Gotwals · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · 2012 · 101 citations · Full text

Education, Elementary Education, Science Education +14

Eliciting, Identifying, Interpreting, and Responding to Students’ Ideas: Teacher Candidates’ Growth in Formative Assessment Practices

Amelia Wenk Gotwals, Daniel Birmingham · Research in Science Education · 2015 · 96 citations

Education, Educational Assessment, Teacher Education +11